Islamabad, February 10 A Pakistani court issued a warrant for the arrest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Tuesday in a case related to alleged inflammatory remarks against security institutions.
The National Cyber Crime Investigation Authority (NCCIA) registered the case against him on November 9, 2025, under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca), 2016, for making "false and defamatory claims" against state institutions during a media interaction outside Adiala Jail on November 6.
During the hearing, Senior Civil Judge Abbas Shah noted that Afridi once again failed to appear despite being summoned multiple times.
The judge then proceeded to issue a warrant for the arrest of the chief minister and ordered the law enforcement authorities to arrest him and produce him before the court at the next hearing on February 21.
This is not the first time the court has taken action over Afridi's non-appearance.
Last month, the same court issued a warrant for the arrest of the KP chief minister after observing that he had repeatedly ignored court summons and remained absent without lawful justification.
Afridi had alleged that security forces in his province had brought dogs inside mosques and tied them there. The government rejected the allegations.